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      April 23, 1941: A general cross section of the nation-wide survey which is being made by the American Index of Design of Early American crafts and manufactures is shown in some sixty plates which form an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum opening today (Wednesday, April 23) in the Entrance Gallery, and continuing through May 18. Five of the plates are devoted to objects in the Brooklyn Museum’s collections together with the objects that are depicted.

      During the period of the exhibition, artists from the Index Project at the Museum will give demonstrations in the Gallery every day except Mondays and Tuesdays. Objects from the Museum’s collections will be set up on a platform and the public will be able to watch the artists working on the making of permanent records of them.

      The exhibition is a concrete recognition by the Museum of the great value of the work being done by the New York City WPA Art Project in this field. The survey is based upon material from private collections, dealers, museum collections and storerooms, and is made with special emphasis on the fine quality of design inherent in objects made under the handicrafts system of production. The plates are considered to present a vivid picture of true, native American culture.

      Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1939 - 1941. 04-06/1941, 084. View Original

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